Redneck Engineering – A Quiz

1. Calculate the smallest limb
diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum.

2. Which of the following cars will
rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard? a) 66 Ford Fairlane,
b) 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, c) 64 Pontiac GTO.

3. If your uncle builds a still
that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car
radiators are necessary to condense the product?

4. A woodcutter has a chain saw
that operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in a plot to be
harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average
tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweisers will it take to cut the
trees?

5. If every old refrigerator in the
state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease
in the ozone layer?

6. A front porch is constructed of
2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation.
The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is
1-inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs
will be killed?

7. A man owns a Tennessee house and
3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has 5
children. Can each of the children place a mobile home on the man's land?

8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and
proceeding 900 yards down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph.
The brakes fail. Given the average traffic on secondary roads, what are
the chances that it will strike a vehicle that has a muffler?

9. A coalmine operates a NFPA Class
1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A
gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How many cartons of
unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?

10. At a reduction in gene pool
variability rate of 7.5% per generation, how long will it take a town
that has been bypassed by the interstate to breed a country-western
singer?